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How To Tie a Knot – video
I know it seems silly to record a video about how to tie a knot – but this knot is so awesome it’s worth teaching. And it’s easy. With just a little practice you can look like a sewing superstar....
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How to Fill with Colored Pencils and Crayons – video
Sometimes you’ll want to fill and area with color, but you don’t want the texture of a stitched area – or you don’t want to take the time). One possibility in those situations is to fill the area with...
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How to Embroider on Paper – video
Yesterday (and last week) I showed you few cards I made for my daughter using my embroidery patterns to make collage images. In the card above I glued paper on for the cloud, but I stitched the...
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How to Fasten Off Thread on the Back of Your Embroidery – video
So – one of the very first videos I made showed how to tie a knot in your thread, for sewing or embroidery. A reader recently asked me how I knot off the thread on the back of my embroidery. Good...
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How to Embroider with Glow in the Dark Thread – video
My glow in the dark thread order came in on Friday, so I finished my Firefly Tree embroidery last night. There are some quirks to using glow in the dark thread – and I talk about all of them here. You...
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How to Frame Embroidery in a Hoop (Without Glue!) – video
I really like to frame my embroidered pieces in a hoop – you’ve seen it on several pattern covers. A couple of people have asked how I do this, so I put together a video showing you. My husband is out...
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How to Embroider the Hem of a Knit Skirt – video
A couple of weeks ago I released a pattern for The Fifteen Minute Skirt – a pattern to make a quick and easy (and oh so comfy) skirt out of a T-shirt. One of the things I love about this pattern is...
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Magical Embroidery Pattern Transfer and Stabilizer – video
So I was browsing through the Sulky website recently and I saw this stabilizer that I’ve never seen in a store – or even heard of. It sounded amazing, but it was kind of expensive and I thought it...
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How to Start Your Embroidery Without Knots – video
I always start my stitching with a knot (video here) and end it without one (video here). I do this because it’s easy and I love easy. And I really don’t care what the back of my work looks like – I...
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Video – How to Iron Embroidery
I’ve had a LOT of people asking me how to iron their finished embroidery. There’s a little trick to doing it without smooshing your stitches – and that’s what I show you in this video. Don’t worry –...
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